Hair-rat.



No. 781,567. y PATBNTED JAN. 3l, 1905.

. N. STEPHENS.

HAIR RAT.

APPLIoATIoN FILED swims, 1904.

ttowwn UNITED STATES Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

BESSIE E. STEPHENS AND CHARLES N. STEPHENS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAIR-RAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,567, dated January 31, 1905. Application led September 29,1904. Serial No. 226,577.

T all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that we,BEssIE E. STEPHENS and CI-IARLEs N. STEPHENS, citizens of the United States, residing' at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair- Rats; and we do declare the following toA be a full, clear, and exact descriptionoi` the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. Y

This invention relates to sanitary hair-rats designed for the purpose of forming pompadour-rolls or for similar purposes; andr the objects of said invention are to provide a hairrat which will be light and lfiocculent, which will be soft and resilient, and which will re- Y tain its shape under all conditions, which will be free from animal-oils or grease of any kind, which can be washed, which will not cause falling out of the hair or perspiration of the head, and which will be cleanly and aseptic. These and other objects are attained by means of our invention, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a perspective View of a hair-rat made in accordance with our invention.

In making' up the roll or rat l We take a quantity of pure crimped wool, and after it has been thoroughly Washed and drie'd a roll is 'formed having the general contour shown in the drawing, the ends 2 of said roll or rat containing' less material than the center to formV a somewhat bobbin-shaped contour. The long line silky fibers or' this wool intertwine to form a very light dry resilient roll whichwill always retain its shape and which will provide ample ventilation for the scalp and not cause perspiration. The roll can be easily washed and dried without releasing its fibers or losing any of the flocculent material.

There being no animal-oils or other grease in the bers, the continued use of such a roll will not cause the falling out of hair, and a cleanly, soft, light, shapely, and aseptic hairrat is thus provided.

' Having thus described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y A sanitary hair rat or roll formed from the long fibers of crimped wool, the libers being' intertwined and the I'oll being formed into the required shape, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BESSIE E. STEPHENS. CHARLES N. STEPHENS.

Witnesses:

C. J. Munro, WILLIAM J nNsoN. 

